A revision of Geonoma (Arecaceae)
Author
Henderson, Andrew
text
Phytotaxa
2011
2011-02-18
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journal article
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16c.
Geonoma deversa
subsp.
peninsularis
Henderson
,
subsp. nov.
(Appendix IV, Plate 26)
A
Geonoma deversa subsp. deversa
rachide longiore atque pedunculo latiore differt.
Type:
COSTA RICA
.
Puntarenas
: Reserva Forestal Golfo Dulce, Cantón de Osa, Rancho Quemado, ca.
15 km
W of Rincón,
8°42’N
,
83°33’W
,
250 m
,
6 June 1992
,
A. Henderson, G. Galeano & B. Hammel 1817
(
holotype
CR!, isotype NY!).
Leaf
rachis 64.5(46.5–85.0) cm long.
Inflorescences
peduncles 6.9(4.6–9.0) mm in diameter; rachillae 1.8(1.1–2.6) mm in diameter.
Distribution and habitat:—
From 8°27’–
8°58’N
and 83°14’–
83°40’W
in the Osa Peninsula and adjacent areas of
Costa Rica
at 287(65–744) m elevation in lowland rainforest (
Fig. 16
).
There is a sympatric population of
subsp.
deversa
occurring just to the northeast of the Osa Peninsula.